Traditional computer algorithms tend to show bias in favor of men when they use entrance exam scores to predict a student’s college grades. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) By Amina Khan Staff ...

To a computer, part of our getting-dressed algorithm would look like “if it is below 50 degrees and it is raining, then pick the rain jacket and a long-sleeved shirt to wear underneath it.” ...

On March 24, weeks before he offered to buy Twitter, Elon Musk posted a poll on the social media platform: “Twitter algorithm should be open source,” he wrote, with options for users to vote ...

An algorithm used to inform healthcare decisions for millions of people shows significant racial bias in its predictions of the health risks of black patients.

A fast algorithm could exist, but we computer scientists think there probably isn’t one (for more on this, learn about the P vs. NP problem).